Oľga Beständigová

Oľga Beständigová
Beständigová/Beständig at the 2005 European Championships
Personal information
Country represented	Slovakia Turkey (2013–15)
Born	(1979-05-02) 2 May 1979 (age 37) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
Former partner	İlhan Mansız Vladimir Futáš Jozef Beständig
Former coach	Doug Ladret, Don Baldwin, Tiffany Vise, Stefan Zins, Alexander König, Craig Shepherd, Vladimir Dvojnikov, Vladimir Podobin, Alan Spiegel, Svetlana Majkova
Former choreographer	Doug Ladret, Oľga Beständigová, Marek Krenek, D. Stefanova, D. Mlynarcikova
Former skating club	Slovan Ruzinov Bratislava
Former training locations	Scottsdale, Arizona Garmisch Oberstdorf Arlington, Texas Bratislava
Began skating	1984
Retired	2015

Oľga Beständigová (born 2 May 1979) is a Slovak former competitive pair skater. With her brother, Jozef Beständig, she won nine senior international medals and eight Slovak national titles. They competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics, five World Championships, and seven European Championships, placing as high as 7th (2001 Europeans).

Beständigová competed with İlhan Mansız for Turkey from 2013 to 2015.

Beständigová competed for Slovakia with her brother, Jozef Beständig. Their first ISU Championship was the 1997 Europeans in Paris; they finished last (17th). The following season, they placed 12th at the 1998 Europeans in Milan and 18th at the 1998 Worlds in Minneapolis.

Beständigová/Beständig achieved their highest ISU Championship result, 7th, at the 2001 Europeans in Bratislava. They would go on to qualify for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, where they finished 17th.

Beständigová retired from competition following the 2001–02 season but returned to compete with her brother again for the 2004–05 season. The pair placed 8th at the 2005 European Championships in Turin and 15th at the 2005 World Championships in Moscow. They then ended their partnership.